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RT – Jan 5, 2020

Hours after threatening to destroy 52 Iranian sites, President Trump went back on Twitter to brag about two trillion dollars’ worth of ‘beautiful’ US military hardware, which he expects will carry out the destruction.

Facing promises of retaliation for the killing of a popular Iranian general whose death he ordered personally, Donald Trump threatened in no uncertain terms to escalate the conflict further. He said that if Tehran fails to turn the other cheek, the US will hit 52 Iranian sites of great value. Hours later, the US president returned to Twitter to brag about the amount of money the US military has received for equipment under his watch.

“We are the biggest and by far the BEST in the World!” he tweeted, going on to promise that if attacked, the US “will be sending some of that brand new beautiful equipment their way.”

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Comment – Jan 5, 2020

Meanwhile in Iran itself hundreds of thousands of mourners have taken to the streets to commemorate Soliemani’s martyrdom. Moreover, far from calming things President Trump’s Twitter posts are likely to inflame things still further. Is this intentional? Does this explain his boastful bragging comments?

Of course, Trump campaigned on promises of no more foreign wars and that helped him win the election. Yet he now appears ready to commit the U.S. to direct military confrontation with Iran.
The main beneficiaries from this would be the arms manufacturers and Israel. Israel and its allies in Washington have in fact been relentlessly pushing for a U.S. military campaign against Israel’s arch regional rival. Is Trump about to betray American voters and deliver on the Zionist dream of a U.S. war with Iran?